Railway gate



M. MAJCHER.

RAILWAY GATE.

APPLKIATION nuzn JULY 5,1922.

Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

' amasa M. MAJGHER.

RAILWAY GATE.

W APPLICATION HLED JULY 5, 1922. I m {I H 1,43 ,5323 Pawn'ea Dec. 511924;

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Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

entree stares MARCIN MAJOEER, or, GLENELLA, MANITOBA, can-Ana.

RAILWAY earn.

App1ication fi1ed July 5, 1922. Serial No; erases,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARoIN MAJGI-IER, a

citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Glenella, in the Provinceof Manitoba and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Railway Gates, of which the following is aspecification. This invention relates tocertain new and usefulimprovements in railway gates, and has particular reference to a gateadapted to be moved to a position to close a track crossing by devicesautomatically operated by the wheels of rolling stock passing thereover.

The primary object of the invention resides in the provision ofoperating means for railway crossings wherein a trip bar operated by thewheels of rolling stock automatically moves the gate to its closedposition, and further automatically operating to open the gate when thetrain has passed the crossing; z

With the above general objects in view and others that will appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, andpointed out in the appended claims.

Tn the drawings forming a partof this application and in which likedesignating char acters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan view of a railway track provided withthe automatic gate operated mechanism,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line IIII of Figure1, showing by dotted lines, the gate in a closed position.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line TIT-III of Figure 2showing the wheel engaged trip bar positioned adjacent the track, andthe shaft and gear members for automatically closing the gate,

Figure l. is a detail sectional view taken on line TVIV of Figure 2,showing the two track rails and the weighted arm of the shaft foroperating the gate,

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view taken on line V-V of Figure 2showing the two track rails, the operating shaft and the arms carried bythe trip rods for operating the shaft,

Figure 6 is a fragmentary side elevational viewof a portion of one ofthe rails and the trip rod associated therewith showing the inclined endof the trip rod, and

Figure 7 is afragmentary top plan view of one of the track rails andtrip rod associated therewith and further showing a portion of one ofthe bracket arms carried by the trip rod for operating the shaft.

In the accompanying drawing wherein is shown the preferred embodiment ofthe invention, the reference numerals 1 and 2 designate the track railssupported in the usualrmanner and traversing the crossing road 3 asshown in Figure 1.

A swingingly mounted gate is arranged adjacent the rails 52 and isadapted to be moved to a position crossing the road crossing 3, theoperating mechanism therefor including a relatively long trip rod 4positioned adjacent the inner side of the rail 2 for engagement by the'wheels of rolling 7 stock, stud bolts 5 carried by the rail 2 extendingthrough perpendicular slots 6 formedin the trip rod for guiding the movement of the same. The trip rod 4 is maintained in its elevated positionas shown in Figures 3 to 6 by spring devices 7 supported on the adjacentbase flange of the rail 2 and engaging at their upper ends lugs 8projecting laterally from the trip rod 4:, while each end of the triprod is inclined downwardly as at 9, to provide for the graduallylowering movement of thetrip rod.

A shaft 10 is journaled in standards 11 longitudinally and midway of therails 1 and 2 and carries crank portions 12 intermediate the endsthereof. The connection between the trip rod at and the crank portions12 of the shaft 10 is shown more clearly in Figures 1, 5 and 7, abracket arm 13 pivotally secured as at 14 to the outer face of the rod 4and being provided upon the outer end thereof with an elongated slot 15loosely receiving the cross arm of the crank portion 12, as clearlyshown in Figure 5. The bracxet arms 13 are normally held at their limitsof upward movement by the spring devices 7, and to assist said springs,the shaft 10 carries an arm 16 provided with an adjustably mountedweight 17 to accomplish the purpose as shown in Figures 1 and 4.

As shown in Figures 1 and 3, a perpendicular standard is mountedadjacent the track rail 2 at the outer side thereof and carries upon theupper end an angle arm 19 that rotatably supports a perpendicular shaft29 to which a gate frame 21 is secured, the lower end of the shaft 20extending beneath the standard arm 19 and having secured thereto a bevelpinion 22. The shaft 23 is journaled transversely of and beneath thetrack rails 2 in bearings 2a and carries upon the outer end thereof abeveled gear 25 in mesh with the pinion 22. A inion 26 is fixed to theinner end of the shaft 23 and meshes with the beveled gear 27 secured tothe shaft 10.

In the operation of the device, the wheels of rolling stock approachingthe trip rod t ride over the inclined end surfaces 9 for graduallylowering the trip bars against the tension of the springs 7 and thepressure of the weight 17 upon the arm 16 secured to the shaft 10, thismovement swinging the arms 16 upwardly and simultaneously lowering thebracket arm 13 rigidly connected to the trip rod. The connection betweenthe outer ends of the bracket arms 13 and the crank portions 12 of theshaft 10 causes a rotation of the shaft, and through the meshing gearsabove described, rotates the perpendicular shaft 20 supporting the gateframe 2i to move the same to closed position as shown by dotted lines inFigure 2 to close the track crossing 3, a stop 28 being provided forlimiting the closing movement of the gate as shown in Figure 1. When thewheels travel beyond the trip rods at, the weight 17 upon the shaft arm16 will rotate the shaft in a reverse direction to effect an openingmovement of the gate, the spring 7 simultaneously elevating the trip rod4 to its set position.

While there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention,

it is nevertheless to be understood that va rious forms, modifi *ationsand arrangements of the parts may be made without departing from thespirit and scope of the in vention'as (la inied.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. Anoperating mechanism for a railway gate comprising in combination with atrack rail, a trip rod resiliently supported adjacent the rail, a shaftjournaled parallel with the rail, means rigidly connected to the triprod and loosely connected to said shaft for rotating said shaft when thetrip rod is lowered, a swingingly mounted gate, and means formingcommunication between said gate and shaft.

2. An operating mechanism for a railway gate comprising in combinationwith a track rail, a resiliently mounted trip rod associated with therail, a longitudinal shaft journaled parallel with said rail, bracketarms rigidly connected to the trip rod and loosely connected to saidshaft for rotating the shaft when the trip rod is lowered, a weightedarm connected to said shaft for reversely rotating the same when thetrip rod is elevated, a swinging mounted gate and means formingcommunication between the shaft and gate.

3. An operating mechanism for a railway gate comprising in combinationwith a track rail, a resiliently mounted trip rod associated with therail, a longitudinal shaft journaled parallel with said rail, bracketarms rigidly connected to the trip rod and loosely connected to saidshaft for rotating the shaft when the trip rod is lowered, a weightedarm connected to said shaft for reversely rotating the same when thetrip rod is elevated, a swingingly mounted gate, the gate includingperpendicular shaft, a pinion secured to the lower end thereof. a crossshaft journaled beneath said track rail, a gear secured to the outer endof the cross shaft in mesh with said pinion, and gear connectionsbetween the inner endof the cross shaft and the longitudinal shaft.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

his M ARCTN MAJCIrllilR.

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\Vitnesses:

CHARLES TRACY THoMAs, FRANK Misron.

